NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship

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NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship
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Founded1981
Number of teams24
Current championsMiddlebury (5)
Most successful team(s)TCNJ (11)
Television broadcastersESPNU
WebsiteNCAA.com

The NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship is an annual single-elimination tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champion of women's Division III collegiate field hockey in the United States. The tournament has been held every year since 1981.[1]

The tournament also included teams from Division II between 1984 and 1991 due to a lack of programs in that division; the NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship resumed in 1992.

The most successful team is The College of New Jersey, with 11 titles. Middlebury are the three-time defending champions, defeating Franklin & Marshall in the 2019 final, 1–0.[2]

Format[]

Currently, 24 teams compete in each national championship tournament. The first three rounds are played at campus sites on the fields of higher-seeded teams. The semifinal and championship rounds are held at a pre-determined site. The 2017 finals were hosted in Louisville, Kentucky by the University of Louisville.

Champions[]

NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship
Year Site
(Host Team) 		Championship Third Place Match / Semifinalists
Champion Score Runner-up Champion Score Runner-up
1981
Details 		Westfield, MA
(Westfield State) 		Trenton State 2–0 Franklin & Marshall Westfield State 3–2
(2OT) 		Elizabethtown
1982
 Elizabethtown, PA
(Elizabethtown) 		Ithaca 2–1
(2OT, PS) 		Trenton State Franklin & Marshall 2–0 Denison
1983
 Ithaca, NY
(Ithaca) 		Trenton State (2) 2–1 Ithaca Franklin & Marshall 1–0 Denison
1984
 Trenton, NJ
(Trenton State) 		Bloomsburg 3–2 Messiah Ithaca, Trenton State
1985
 Madison, NJ
(Drew) 		Trenton State (3) 1–0 Millersville Bloomsburg 4–1 Drew
1986
 Trenton, NJ
(Trenton State) 		Salisbury State 3–2 Bloomsburg Trenton State 1–0 Bentley
1987
 Geneva, NY
(William Smith) 		Bloomsburg (2) 1–0 William Smith Salisbury State 1–0 Southern Maine
1988
 Trenton, NJ
(Trenton State) 		Trenton State (4) 3–2
(2OT, PS) 		Bloomsburg Salisbury State 2–0 Cortland State
1989
 Cortland, NY
(SUNY Cortland) 		Lock Haven 2–1 Trenton State Cortland State 3–2
(2OT, PS) 		St. Lawrence
1990
 Bloomsburg, PA
(Bloomsburg) 		Trenton State (5) 2–1 Bloomsburg Messiah 2–1 Lock Haven
1991
 Trenton, NJ
(Trenton State) 		Trenton State (6) 1–0 Bloomsburg Hartwick 3–2 Lock Haven
1992
 William Smith 1–0 Trenton State Messiah 1–0
(2OT) 		Salisbury State
1993
 Fredericksburg, VA
(Mary Washington) 		Cortland State 1–0 Mary Washington Trenton State 1–0 Trinity (CT)
1994
 Grantham, PA
(Messiah) 		Cortland State (2) 2–1 Trenton State Messiah 1–0
(OT) 		Middlebury
1995
 Trenton, NJ
(College of New Jersey) 		Trenton State (7) 2–1 Messiah Eastern Mennonite 3–2
(2OT) 		Wellesley
1996
 College of New Jersey (8) 2–1 Hartwick Cortland State 3–0 Lebanon Valley
1997
 Annville, PA
(Lebanon Valley) 		William Smith (2) 3–0 Cortland State Lebanon Valley and Messiah
1998
 Geneva, NY
(William Smith) 		Middlebury 3–2
(OT) 		William Smith Rowan and Trinity (CT)
1999
 Trenton, NJ
(College of New Jersey) 		College of New Jersey (9) 4–1 Amherst Cortland State and Springfield
2000
 Salisbury, MD
(Salisbury) 		William Smith (3) 1–0 Springfield Rowan and Salisbury
2001
 Springfield, MA
(Springfield) 		Cortland State (3) 1–0 Messiah College of New Jersey and Skidmore
2002
 Rowan 1–0 Messiah College of New Jersey and Salisbury
2003
 Annville, PA
(Lebanon Valley) 		Salisbury (2) 4–1 Middlebury College of New Jersey and Cortland State
2004
 Westfield, MA
(Westfield State) 		Salisbury (3) 6–3 Middlebury Middlebury and William Smith
2005
 Lexington, VA
(Washington & Lee) 		Salisbury (4) 1–0 Messiah Bowdoin and Ursinus
2006
 Geneva, NY
(William Smith) 		Ursinus 3–2 Messiah Bowdoin and Lebanon Valley
2007
 Collegeville, PA
(Ursinus) 		Bowdoin 4–3 Middlebury Lebanon Valley and Salisbury
2008
 Bowdoin (2) 3–2
(OT) 		Tufts Messiah and Ursinus
2009
 South Hadley, MA
(Mount Holyoke) 		Salisbury (5) 1–0 Messiah Tufts and Ursinus
2010
 Newport News, VA
(Christopher Newport) 		Bowdoin (3) 2–1
(2OT, PS) 		Messiah Skidmore and Urisnus
2011
 Dudley, MA
(Nichols) 		College of New Jersey (10) 3–1 Middlebury Bowdoin and Ursinus
2012
 Geneva, NY
(William Smith) 		Tufts 2–1 Montclair State DePauw and Mary Washington
2013
 Norfolk, VA
(Old Dominion) 		Bowdoin (4) 1–0 Salisbury Christopher Newport and Skidmore
2014
 Lexington, VA
(Washington & Lee) 		College of New Jersey (11) 2–0 Bowdoin Middlebury and Salisbury
2015
Details 		Middlebury (2) 1–0 Bowdoin TCNJ and Ursinus
2016
 Geneva, NY
(William Smith) 		Messiah 2–1
(2OT, PS) 		Tufts Babson and Salisbury
2017
 Louisville, KY
(Louisville) 		Middlebury (3) 4–0 Messiah Franklin & Marshall and TCNJ
2018
 Manheim, PA
(MAC/CC) 		Middlebury (4) 2–0 Tufts Johns Hopkins and Rowan
2019
 Middlebury (5) 1–0 Franklin & Marshall Johns Hopkins and Salisbury
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021
 Hartford, CT
(Trinity) 		Middelbury (6) 4-1 Johns Hopkins Trinity (CT) and Rowan [3][4][5]

Summary[]

Rank Team Titles Years
1 TCNJ (Trenton State) 11 1981, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2011, 2014
2 Middlebury 6 1998, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021
3 Salisbury (Salisbury State) 5 1986, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009
4 Bowdoin 4 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013
5 SUNY Cortland 3 1993, 1994, 2001
William Smith 1992, 1997, 2000
7 Bloomsburg 2 1984, 1987
8 Messiah 1 2016
Tufts 2012
Ursinus 2006
Rowan (Glassboro State) 2002
Lock Haven 1989
Ithaca 1982

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Division III Field Hockey Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA.org. NCAA. Retrieved September 11, 2015.
  2. ^ "Division III Field Hockey - Championship History". NCAA.com. NCAA. Retrieved November 8, 2014.
  3. ^ NCAA.com. "Middlebury beats Johns Hopkins 4-1 to win 2021 NCAA DIII field hockey championship, 4th in a row | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  4. ^ "Johns Hopkins Shuts Out #10 Trinity, 1-0, To Advance to NCAA Championship". Johns Hopkins University Athletics. Retrieved 2021-11-22.
  5. ^ "#1 Middlebury Downs #4 Rowan 4-1 In NCAA Semifinals". Middlebury College. Retrieved 2021-11-22.

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